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Definition of Family cyprinodontidae
1. Noun. Large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
Exact synonyms: Cyprinodontidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Cypriniformes, Order Cypriniformes
Member holonyms: Cyprinodont, Fundulus, Genus Fundulus, Genus Rivulus, Genus Jordanella, Jordanella, Genus Xyphophorus, Xyphophorus, Genus Lebistes, Lebistes
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Cypriniformes, Order Cypriniformes
Member holonyms: Cyprinodont, Fundulus, Genus Fundulus, Genus Rivulus, Genus Jordanella, Jordanella, Genus Xyphophorus, Xyphophorus, Genus Lebistes, Lebistes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Cyprinodontidae
Literary usage of Family cyprinodontidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Island Life: Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace (1881)
"... found also on the east coast of Africa; and as both belong to the same
family—Cyprinodontidae—this may possibly have migrated in a similar manner. ..."
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